Choose Best movie from IMDb list
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Topic: Choose Best movie from IMDb list
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Subject: Choose Best movie from IMDb list
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 05:37
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Choose wisely moviegoers ------------- 
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Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 07:39
Repeating my answer from MMA :Seven Samurai. Kurosawa is the supreme master of cinema. Honor mention goes to the brazilian film Elite Squad 2 (it's on the 250 better movies list). ------------- "Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen) |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 07:50
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Well, this is a pretty awful list. The Dark Knight is still in the top 10?  Tough choice between The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Rear Window. Voted for the latter.
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 07:56
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Hhmm, I went with Cidade de Deus since this is the most recent of these flicks that really touched me on an emotional level. Could have gone with Kurosawa as well or Sergio Leone, Milos Forman, Hitchcock or Coppola, but the latter´s best movie to my eyes, ears and heart is without a doubt the misanthropic acid trip of Apocalypse Now. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 08:28
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Rear Window. A triumphant work on many levels, especially in regards to POV shooting. Gold.
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 08:46
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yeah love rear window too - and all post 50s-60s Hitchcock -------------
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 08:49
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The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 12:47
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Lots of great films there, but I'm not sure they all need to be in caps Voted Rear Window just for being so damn influential |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 12:56
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A handful of films I've yet to see, a good amount of movies I would not nominate for such a list even though they're (very) good and a couple of films I would not nominate for such a list because they're awful. No vote. ------------- 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 13:08
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Seven Samurai for me, over Cidade de Deus, Godfather and Psycho. IMDB used to be much better years ago, before it went totally mainstream.
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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 14:29
| The Godfather slightly over Psycho. |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 14:30
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Someone picked Star Wars? Really?
Still yet to see a movie as close to perfect as The Godfather so that's were my vote goes. -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 14:41
| Shawshank Redemption is probably the most artistically laudable one I've seen, but I've always had trouble saying I "like" movies that make me feel bad. I respect them. Went for Raiders because deal with it. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 14:50
| 12 Angry Men for me. A fine example of how a film can be gripping and entertaining yet be devoid of special effects, multiple locations, graphic violence, sex, etc. |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 20:10
| "The Godfather" followed by "Seven Samurai". |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 21:56
He got on a real run there for a while, huh? Great director, but a troubled man, what with his blonde-fetish/obsession. Though I've read one of his bios that suggests that part of what made him a great director were his great problems, something which always bugged me about art criticism in general. People's flaws being held up as the reason that makes them effective as an artist - suggesting that balanced, level-headed folks can never make truly lasting art? ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 00:52
I enjoy that movie as well but let's be honest: that was a mistrial. ------------- Time always wins. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 02:20
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Lots of great movies here, but voted for Goodfellas, which wasn't afraid to depict the hypocrisy of sadistic, violent, greedy scum shorn of the usual romantic camouflage Gangsters are habitually hidden behind.
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Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 02:32
Well said indeed. ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 09:25
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Yeah and Joe Pesci is downright scary in Goodfellas ^^^ -------------
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 10:08
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films that can be compared... ok, voted Once Upon A Time In The West ------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 03:57
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Wow no love for Fight Club yet.... -------------
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Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 04:14
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^ If I hadn't given my vote away already I'd almost throw it to Fight Club as I enjoyed it too. Especially moments like the Ikea scene, effective use of special effects without doing anything over the top. ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 06:42
One really glaring omission: Monty Python And The Holy Grail. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 07:11
That's because it's not in the same ballpark as a lot of movies on this list. Fight Club always seemed to me like it was about 3 hours too long. I have trouble believing that it was only 163 minutes. ------------- Time always wins. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 14:27
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Can't choose here, it's either Pulp Fiction or Raiders.. or Silence of the Lambs.. or Cuckoos Nest.. or Psycho.. or Fight Club.. or Goodfellas.. or..aww, fakk it! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: November 02 2011 at 19:15
| Well this is impossible, but I voted for Silence of the Lambs because it didn't have any votes. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 14 2011 at 04:44
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Godfather on top? I had no patience for it - too long and drawn out. I just watched Transformers 3 though and that was long too. Had a great ending.... great beginning but like the others, really silly dialogue and characters throughout. Impossible plot, appalling language for this type of film, and really dire screenplay. But still entertaining and way better than Transformers 2. -------------
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Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: November 16 2011 at 06:37
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^"way better than Transformers 2" is an eufemism. Transformers 2 was awful.
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 16 2011 at 07:48
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^^ I know k -------------
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Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: November 16 2011 at 08:54
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Wow that list is dreadful ------------- Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell? I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 02:23
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^^^ a critic! Ok whats your top ten list then. May as well give it here. -------------
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 04:09
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Groundhog Day. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Mr Greeen Genes
Date Posted: April 22 2012 at 22:48
| Can't make a decision. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly or One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest... |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: April 22 2012 at 23:53
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Shawshank
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: April 23 2012 at 00:33
| Voted for Pulp Fiction followed closely by Good fellas, The Matrix, Fight Club and Shawshank. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: April 23 2012 at 16:39
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The list is alright. The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King 
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Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: April 23 2012 at 19:41
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Seven Samurai. I saw it for the first time last year and it amazed me how damn well it stood up against modern movie craft. It's masterful movie making and story telling. Shawshank Redemption was in the running but just didnt cover enough humanity to win out. I'd like to say I didn't vote for Star Wars only because I saw it as a child and am probably very biased about it and can't separate my childlike wonder and awe from objective reality. But it is my fav on the list. ------------- This space intentionally left blank |
Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: April 23 2012 at 21:05
| Shawshank Redemption. What an extraordinary ending!!! I love Raiders much though... |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 02 2012 at 21:10
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Fight club I guess. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: May 02 2012 at 21:17
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Rear Window.
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